N949NS
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
No operator established for this aircraft.
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
10 reports on file, 2010-03-26 – 2012-07-10.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 54,670 hrs · 29,159 cycles
WHILE PERFORMING AN "A" CHECK ON THE ACFT, DISCOVERED THE TAIL COMPARTMENT WALKWAY AND SLIDE EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. R & R THE R5-209 EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY. SYSTEM OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 33-50-0.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 54,659 hrs · 29,151 cycles
EMERGENCY LIGHTS OVER ROWS 4 TO 9 INOPERATIVE. MX R & R BATTERY PACK IN POSITION B5-101. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 33-53-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 54,659 hrs · 29,151 cycles
AFT LIGHTED EMERGENCY SIGNS INOPERATIVE. MX R & R BATTERY PACK IN POSITION B5-105. OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 33-53-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: BATTERY PACK — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 54,659 hrs · 29,151 cycles
AFT LIGHTED EMERGENCY SIGNS INOPERATIVE. MX R & R BATTERY PACK IN POSITION B5-105. OPS CHECK GOOD IAW MM CHAPTER 33-53-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 54,555 hrs · 29,088 cycles
DURING SERVICE CHECK, FOUND FWD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS INOPERATIVE ON LT & RT SIDE. MX R & R THE EMERGENCY EXIT POWER SUPPLY A STA 760. SYS OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 33-50-0.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 54,555 hrs · 29,088 cycles
DURING SERVICE CHECK FOUND FWD OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS INOPERATIVE ON THE LT & RT SIDE. MX R & R THE EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS POWER SUPPLY AT STA 883. SYS OPS CHECKED GOOD IAW MM 33-50-0.
Part: BATTERY PACK — UNSERVICEABLE (EMERGENCY LIGHT) · airframe 54,433 hrs · 28,988 cycles
FOLLOWING ENGINE CHANGE, MX FOUND DURING A CHECK OF THE ACFT THAT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN CABIN CEILING, BETWEEN STA 640 - 700, WOULD GO OUT AFTER 10 SECONDS OF OPERATION. MX RE & R THE BATTERY PACK ASSY IAW MM 33-53-00. THE SYS THEN OPS CHECKED GOOD. MX REPORTS THAT THE ACFT HAS BEEN DOWN FOR ENGINE CHANGE SINCE OCTOBER 1.
Part: FAN BLADE — DAMAGED (ENGINE) · airframe 54,415 hrs · 28,972 cycles
ACFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL360, CREW HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A COMPRESSOR STALL ON LT SIDE. ON CLOSING THE LT THROTTLE, NR 1 ENGINE WAS OBSERVED TO BE WINDING DOWN. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURE FOR ENGINE FAILURE ON DESCENT & DIVERTED. NR 1 ENGINE WAS RESTARTED. ACFT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MX DETERMINED THAT SEVERAL N1 FAN BLADES WERE BADLY WARPED (BENT) WITH NO RIPS OR TEARS. REMOVED ENGINE WHILE THE C-1 IS BEING REPAIRED. BASED UPON THE DAMAGE FOUND, ICE IS SUSPECTED AS THE CAUSE OF THE FOD.
Part: POWER SUPPLY — INOPERATIVE (EMERGENCY LIGHTS) · airframe 54,129 hrs · 28,775 cycles
WHILE PERFORMING A SERVICE CHECK, THE OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT LIGHTS (ON FUSELAGE) WERE FOUND INOPERATIVE DUE TO A NON FUNCTIONING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY POWER SUPPLY. BATTERY WAS FOUND TO BE CHARGED BUT UNIT NOT PROVIDING POWER TO LIGHTS. UNIT TO BE REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE.
Part: CONTROL VALVE — MALFUNCTIONED (MLG) · airframe 54,102 hrs · 28,758 cycles
ON APPROACH, CREW ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE. CREW FOLLOWED PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN THE QRH MANUAL TO EXTEND THE GEAR AND RETRACT THE GEAR DOORS. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN UNDER A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT, WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, TO MX BASE. MX PLACED THE ACFT ON JACKS AND CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR NUMEROUS TIMES BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AS A PRECAUTION THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED IAW THE MM 32-32-00. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYS WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AND CHECKED FOR LEAKS WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.